The I./FJR.1 was formed at Stendal 1.4.38, from the IV./Regiment General
Göring (Landespolizei). The II./FJR.1 was formed 1.1.39 from the the
Fallschirm-Bataillon des Heeres in Braunschweig, together with an all new
III./FJR.1 in Gardelegen. The regiment did not receive a Stab until 1.6.39,
when a Stab was formed in Stendal. The Regiment began the war with 3 Battalions,
each with 4 companies. In March 1944 a new III/FJR.1 had to be formed,
as the old III./FJR.1 was used to create the 3. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division.

Russia (Leningrad, Volkhov, Rshev, Orel), late September 1941 to early
1943.

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 2

Kommandeur:

Maj Schulz, 21.5.40 - 20.6.40

GenMaj Alfred Sturm, 21.6.40 - 30.9.42

Oberst Hans Kroh, 10.42 - 25.6.43

Maj Erich Pietzonka, 26.6.43 - 21.9.43

?, 22.9.43 - 19.11.43

Maj Erich Pietzonka, 20.11.43 - 11.12.43

Oberst Hans Kroh, 16.12.43 - 17.7.44

Maj Wildhagen (acting), 7.44 - 7.44

Oberst Hans Kroh, 7.44 - 8.44

ObLt Karl Stefan Tannert, 8.44 - 9.44

Oberst Hans Meyer-Sach, 10.44 - 2.45

Oberst Erich Vorwerck, 2.45 - 4.45

Formed 26.8.39 with I. and II./FJR.2 (I. at Gardelegen, II. at Tangermünde)
from cadres of FJR.1. The Stab and III./FJR.2 was formed
21.5.40. In 9.42 III./FJR.2 was redesignated III./FJR.4,
and was replaced in 1943. I./FJR.2 remained in Italy when the 2.
Fallschirm-Jäger-Division moved to Russia in December 1943, and
was redesignated I./FJR.10. A new I. Btl. was later formed,
but this never joined the rest of the regiment, but operated independently
on the Western front (8.44 in Ahrbrück, 9.44 under Fs.AOK.1
in Belgium [Albert-Kanal] and Holland [Arnheim-Nijmegen], and was used
to reform the new FJR.2 in Amersfoort, Holland). The main part of the regiment
was destroyed when Brest fell on 19.9.44. Reformed 12.44 in Amersfoort,
and finally surrendered in the Ruhr pocket.

Formed 1.6.40 with 3 battalions (III. formed 1.8.40, II. and III. at
Braunschweig-Rautheim), from cadres of Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment
1. IV./FJR.3 was formed in the summer 1943. I./FJR.3 was transferred
to Africa 7.42, joining Brigade Ramcke, and was destroyed in Tunisia May
1943. The new IV./FJR.3 was soon redesignated I./FJR.3. In 3.44 III./FJR.3
was used to create the 5. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division,
by becoming the I./Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 13.
A new III./FJR.3 was formed in May 1944.

Formed in 5.42, Stab and I./FJR.5 new, II. and III./FJR.5 from II. and
III./Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1. In 7.42 II./FJR.5
was sent to Africa and joined Brigade Ramcke, while the rest of the regiment
transferred to Reims (training for Operation Hercules, attack om Malta).
Stab, I. and III./FJR.5 were transferred to Tunisia in November 1942, joining
Brigade Ramcke. II./FJR.5 was apparently disbanded shortly afterwards.
On 2.43 FJR.5 was redesignated Jäger-Regiment
Hermann Göring, now part of Division
General Göring. Destroyed 5.43.

Reformed 10.43 (only II./FJR.5) and saw action in South Russia together
with 2. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division (10.43 Shitomir,
1.44 Kirovograd), but was destroyed at Kirovograd. Only the Stab II./FJR.5
remained and on 7.44 became Stab/FJR.16.

An entire new regiment began forming 1.44 in Reims, later Brest. When
III./FJR.1 arrived in Brest in March 1944, it became the
basis of the new FJR.5. The regiment was almost totally destroyed in Normandy,
and had to be reformed in Oldenzaal, October 1944.

Organisation:

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 6

Kommandeur:

Maj Egon Liebach, 3.43 - ?

ObLt Wolfgang Meder-Eggebert, ? - 12.9.43

ObLt Harald Mors, 9.43 - 12.43

ObLt Dr. Friedrich August Frhr von der Heydte, 1.44 - 9.44

Oberst Fritz Hencke, 10.44 - 3.45

Formed in February 1943 in the Vannes/Bretagne area, I./FJR.6 from Luftwaffe-Feld-Bataillon
100, II./FJR.6 from IV./Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment 1, the Stab and
III./FJR.6 new. When the division left Italy for Russia,
II./FJR.6 remained behind and became I./FJR.11. The rest
of the regiment was disbanded, I./FJR.6 becoming I./FJR.7,
while the remainder of the regiment was divided between FJR.2
and FJR.7.

The Regiment was reformed in Köln-Wahn in January 1944. In April
1944 the regiment moved to Normandy (Lessay-Mont Castre-Carentan area),
attached to the 91st Luftlande-Division, under LXXXIV. AK / AOK.7. Briefly
attached to the 2. Fallschirm-Jäger-Division
before 6.6.44.

Formed in February 1943 in the Vannes/Bretagne area, II./FJR.7 from
Lehr-Bataillon/Fliegerkorps XI, the rest of the regiment from scratch.
When the division left Italy for Russia, I./FJR.7 remained behind and became
I./Fallschirm-Jäger-Lehr-Regiment 21, and
a new I./FJR.7 was formed from I./FJR.6. Surrendered in
Brest on 19.9.44.

Reformed 11.44 in Amersfoort, Holland. Surrendered April 1945

Organisation:

1943: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15 (Pi.)

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 8

Kommandeur:

ObLt Ernst Liebach, 1.44 - 12.44

ObLt Gundolf Frhr Schenk zu Schweinsberg, 15.12.44 - 17.1.45

Oberst Ernst Liebach, 17.1.45 - 4.45

Formed 1.44 at Reims with new recruits. The regiment was decimated in
Normandy, and had to be rebuilt in Oldenzaal, 10.44

Organisation:

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 9

Kommandeur:

Hptm Bodo Göttsche, 1.44 - 1.2.44

Maj Kurt Stephani, 1.2.44 - 20.8.44

Maj Friedrich Alpers, 21.8.44 - 3.9.44

ObLt Gundolf Frhr Schenk zu Schweinsberg, 1.10.44 - 8.10.44

Oberst Hellmut Hoffmann, 9.10.44 - 3.45

ObLt Gundolf Frhr Schenk zu Schweinsberg, 1.3.45 - 4.45

Hptm Baron von Freyberg, 4.45 - 5.45

Formed 1.44 at Reims with new recruits. The regiment was almost totally
destroyed at Falaise, and had to be rebuilt in October 1944, at Oldenzaal.
The regiment was again destroyed in March 1945, and was replaced by FJR.6
in the division.

Organisation:

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 10

Kommandeur:

Oberst Adolf Fuchs, 1.44 - 4.45

ObLt Hoppe, 4.45 - 5.45

Formed 1.44 in Italy with many Italian volunteers, with I./FJR.10 formed
from I:/FJR.2.

Formed 1.44 in Italy, with I./FJR.12 formed from I./Luftlande-Sturm-Regiment
1.

Organisation:

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 13

Kommandeur:

ObLt Wolf-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, 3.44 - 7.44

Maj Bernhard Meuth, 7.44 - 8.44

Hptm Plodder, 8.44 - 9.44

ObLt Achim Fehse, 9.44 - 10.44

Maj Goswin Wahl, 10.44 - 12.44

Oberst von Scheele, 12.44 - 5.45

Formed 3.44 at Reims, I. Btl. from III./FJR.3. In May
1944 I./FJR.13 was renamed I./FJR.15, and a new I./FJR.13
had to be formed. The regiment was attached to the 77th Infanterie-Division
during the fighting in Normandy and was destroyed 7.44 at St. Lo.

Reformed 11.44 in the Den Haag-Amsterdam area

Organisation:

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 14

Kommandeur:

Maj Herbert Noster, 3.44 - 7.44

Maj Wilhelm Brinkmann, 7.44 - 7.44

Hptm Lüdemann (acting), 7.44 - 7.44

Hptm Sauer (acting), 7.44 - 8.44

Oberst Arno Schimmel, 9.44 - 5.45

Formed 3.44 at Reims, I./FJR.14 from III./FJR.4. In
May 1944 I./FJR.14 was renamed III./FJR.15, and a new
I./FJR.14 had to be formed. The regiment was attached to the Panzer-Lehr
Division during the fighting in Normandy, and was destroyed there.

Reformed 11.44 in the Den Haag-Amsterdam area

Organisation:

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 15

Kommandeur:

?

Oberst Kurt Gröschke, 24.7.44 - 2.45

Maj Rudolf Berneike, 2.45 - 3.45

Oberst Kurt Gröschke, 3.45 - 5.45

Formed 3.44 in Reims. In 6.44 the forming I. and III./FJR.15 was replaced
by I./FJR.13 and I./FJR.14, so that
the regiment became combat ready before the rest of the division. The regiment
was attached to the 17. SS Panzer-Grenadier Division in Normandy,
and was destroyed there.

Reformed 10.44 in the Den Haag-Amsterdam area.

Organisation:

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 16

Kommandeur:

Oberst Gerhart Schirmer, 6.44 - 24.9.44

Oberst Walter Dorn, 10.44 - 1.45

Hptm Rolf Müller, 1.45 - 4.45

Formed 6.44 at Amiens. While forming, the regiment (with a new Stab
from Stab II./FJR.5) was flown to Stendal, and later (7.44)
flown to Vilna in Lithuania, and operated in Kampgruppe Oberst Schirmer:

8.44, Pz.AOK.3 - Vilna

9.44, XXVI.AK / AOK.4 - Memel, Gumbinnen

On 24.9.44 the regiment became Fallschirm-Grenadier-Regiment
3 Hermann Göring. Reformed 15.10.44 in Holland.

Organisation:

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 17

Kommandeur:

?

Oberst Martin Vetter, 11.44 - 11.3.45

Oberst Werner Krahl, 3.45 - 4.45

Formed 6.44 in Amiens. While forming, the regiment became involved in
the fighting in France, and formation was never completed.

Reformed 10.44 in Meppel.

Organisation:

1944: I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 18

Kommandeur:

Oberst Hellmut von Hoffmann, 6.44 - 9.44

Oberst Erich Walther, 9.44 - 9.44

Maj Rudolf Witzig, 11.44 - 5.45

Formed 6.44 at Amiens. While forming, the regiment became involved in
the fighting in France, and formation was never completed.

Formed 2.45 in the Stettin area, Stab and I./FJR.25 from Stab and III./FJR.
z.b.V., II./FJR.25 from Fallschirm-Jäger-Bataillon Brandenburg,
and III./FJR.25 from Fallschirm-Jäger-Bataillon Hermann. In late 2.45
II./FJR.25 was flown into Breslau, and was renamed
Fallschirm-Jäger-Bataillon 67,
and was replaced.

Formed 25.11.44 (Stab only) to control Fallschirm-Jäger-Bataillone
Schäfer and Schluckebier. On 31.12.44 the battalions became I. and
II./FJR. z.b.V. In January 1945 III./FJR. z.b.V. was formed in Dramburg
from personnel of KG200. I. and II. was in Wittstock on 1.45. The regiment
was disbanded on 17.3.45: Stab and III. became Stab and I./FJR.25,
while I. and II. became I. and II./FJR.26.

Organisation:

I. 1-4, II. 5-8, III. 9-12, 13, 14, 15

Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment Menzel

Kommandeur:

Oberst Günther Menzel, 8.44 - 11.44

Formed 20.8.44 in Bitsch as an alarm-unit, Stab, I. and II. from Stab,
Lehrstab and Jäger-Btl./Fallschirm-Waffenschule. On 25.11.44 renamed
Fallschirm-Jäger-Regiment 19.